Government-Expert Joint Intervention with Treatment Algorithm and Improved Hypertension Management and Reduced Stroke Mortality in a Primary-Care Setting

Table 5

Changes in the proportion of case/total hospitalization and of case hospital stay days for hypertension, CVD, and stroke at the early, middle, and later phase at the intervention area.

	Early phase	Middle phase	Later phase	P
All-cause
Subjects (n)	18258	18122	21083
Total hospital stay (days)	165023	161084	185519
Hypertension
Subjects (n)	1852	1586	1769
Total hospital stay (days)	17800	15012	16974
Average hospital stay (days)	9.61	9.47	9.60
% of case/total hospitalization	10.14	8.75	8.39	<0.001
% of case/total hospital stay	10.79	9.32	9.15	<0.001
Total CVD
Subjects (n)	735	663	548
Total hospital stay (days)	77169	6492	5430
Average hospital stay (days)	9.75	9.79	9.91
% of case/total hospitalization	4.02	3.65	2.60	<0.001
% of case/total hospital stay	4.34	4.03	2.93	<0.001
Total stroke
Subjects (n)	680	624	654
Total hospital stay (days)	7361	6661	7390
Average hospital stay (days)	10.83	10.68	11.30
% of case/total hospitalization	3.72	3.44	3.10	<0.001
% of case/total hospital stay	4.46	4.14	3.98	<0.001

CVD: cardiovascular disease.